Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Investigating Management Philosophies, Ideas and Principles in the Context of Communities, Festivals and Events

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An Introduction to Planning and Managing Communities, Festivals and Events

      • Allan Jepson, Alan Clarke

      Pages 3-15

   3. Rising to the Challenge of Sustainability: Community Events by the Community, for the Community

      • James Bostock, Richard Cooper, Gareth Roberts

      Pages 16-33

   4. Co-Creating Places through Events: The Case of a Tourism Community Event in Finnish Lapland

      • Minni Haanpää, José-Carlos García-Rosell, Seija Tuulentie

      Pages 34-49

   5. The Motivations of Event Volunteers at Local Community Events

      • David Lamb, Alfred Ogle

      Pages 50-68

   6. Museum Events as a Tool for Community and Organisational Development

      • Valery Gordin, Mariya Dedova

      Pages 69-79

   7. The ‘Performance’ of an Easter Festival on an Island Community: Bringing Communities Together or Entertaining Tourists?

      • Nigel D. Morpeth

      Pages 80-89

   8. Community Development through Public Art Event in Ratchaburi, Thailand

      • Sompong Amnuay-ngerntra

      Pages 90-102

   9. Understanding Stakeholder Status and Legitimate Power Exertion within Community Sport Events: A Case Study of the Christchurch (New Zealand) City to Surf

      • Rachel J. Batty

      Pages 103-119

   10. Events: Cause or Consequence of Community Involvement

       • Egbert van der Zee, Pepijn Olders

       Pages 120-132

3. Planning and Managing the Impacts of Festivals, Events, and Communities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. The Rediscovery of an Ancient Community Event in a Language Minority Village: The Case of Bova (Italy)

      • Sonia Ferrari, Pasquale Faenza

      Pages 135-147

   3. Indulgence Feasts: Manifestation of Religious and Communal Identity

      • Darius Liutikas

      Pages 148-164

   4. Developing a Community Festival Amidst Civil Unrest

      • Adrian Devine, Frances Devine, Clare Carruthers

      Pages 165-178

   5. Community Food Festivals and Events in the South West of England, UK

      • Paul Cleave

      Pages 179-195

   6. Creating Joy Association: A Social Imperative

      • Neil Cameron, Steve Brown

      Pages 196-212

   7. Girona and Its Culinary Events

      • Silvia Aulet, Joaquim Majó Fernandez

      Pages 213-228

   8. Concluding Thoughts on Managing and Developing Communities, Festivals and Events

      • Allan Jepson, Alan Clarke

      Pages 229-233

4. Back Matter

   Pages 235-241

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The different stages of a festival's evolution provide a plethora of opportunities for us to better understand our culture, the relationships we build, what we value in our culture and our communities, and how we socialize and interact with one another. Managing and Developing Community Festivals and Events brings together community festival and event research from nine different countries. It critically explores how festivals and their communities develop and impact upon one another. The chapters focus on a wide range of festivals such as food and culinary festivals, art events, religious pilgrimage and feast festivals, as well as a variety of diverse themes such as joy, civil unrest, preservation of cultures and authenticity.

• community
• festivals
• events
• identity
• arts
• impacts
• food festivals
• planning
• event construction
• traditions
• rituals
• development
• management
• minority
• Organisation
• organization
• research
• stakeholder

“This book gathers a great number of research articles by a large number of scholars to give the reader a wide range of information. The book is easy to read because each chapter stands by itself. Together, though, they provide a wide-ranging look at diverse aspects of festivals and events. Many useful data can be found here, and further research can be made from case studies presented in book.” (Dajana Lulic, Annals of Tourism Research, Issue 61, 2016)  

• University of Hertfordshire, UK

  Allan Jepson

• University of Pannonia, Hungary

  Alan Clarke

Allan Jepson is a senior academic in Event Management & Tourism, and researcher within the Marketing Insight research Group (MIRU) at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK. Allan currently serves as a reviewer for the International Journal of Culture, Tourism & Hospitality Research, Marketing Intelligence and Planning and the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. His research with Alan Clarke explores power, hegemony and decision making processes that produce community cultural events, community engagement within the planning process, and the impact that festivals and events have upon overall quality of life. Allan is also Vice-Chair for the Association of Events Management Education (AEME).

Alan Clarke is a Docens in the Faculty of Business and Economics at University of Pannonia, Hungary. He has been part of the research team undertaking a yearlong review and evaluation of the festivals and events in Veszprém for the Tourism Destination Management Organisation and is currently working on new offers, such as the Auer Festival. Previously he was the Assistant Dean in the Business School, and in the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Derby, UK. He chaired the Derby Tourism Challenge Team, was Vice-Chair of the Derbyshire Tourism Partnership and was the founding chair of the Derbyshire and Peak District Sustainable Partnership.

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